Journal 8

Journal 8
Dynamic Visualizations
By: Margaret Niess

Microsoft Math is a mathematics tool teachers can use to guide students in developing spatial visualization skills as they investigate systems of three dimensional equations. Microsoft Math looks like a calculator with a scratchpad called a worksheet, and a graphing space. Teachers can use Microsoft Math as a tool for depicting visual images of many mathematical ideas, like linear relationships. By using Microsoft Math teachers can facilitate a class discussion using the Math technology as a demonstration tool to present visual graphs. Microsoft Math also provides many other capabilities in addition, to visualization and dynamic capabilities that can be used in a variety of ways. Students can check their own solutions to math problems whey they find solution to the equations given.

1. As students use Microsoft Math as an in class tool can their information be saved?
Yes, Microsoft Math provides additional saving benefits for students and teachers. As teachers and student work through the various lessons, the worksheet portion maintains a record of all input, output, and graphs created during class, all activities can be saved.

2. At what grade level is Microsoft Math appropriate for students?

Microsoft Math works for many grade levels, studying subjects from basic math to calculus.
Microsoft Math’s large collection of tools, tutorials, and instructions helps students learn mathematical concepts, while quickly solving math and science problems. Students see how to solve problems step by step.